Edvina
Andrew Cahill Edvina Cahill's
generous bequest to San Francisco State
University will endow The Jane Andrew
Cahill and Edvina Andrew Cahill
Scholarship Fund. The Cahill
Scholarship will assist deserving San
Francisco State undergraduates as they
study to become elementary school
teachers. Preference will be given to
women and students from single-parent
families. A portion of Edvina Cahill's
bequest will endow the College of
Education's Learning Resources and
Media Laboratory. This fund will be
used for new acquisitions and teaching
materials. In recognition of her
magnificent generosity and
distinguished career in education the
Learning Resources and Media Lab has
been renamed the The Jane Andrew Cahill
and Edvina Andrew Cahill Learning
Resources and Media Laboratory
Apple
Computer Partners in Education 3
Grant (PIE3) 1996. Along with
Mission High School and the
Step
to College program we recieved four
Power Macintosh 5400 computers, a
printer, a scanner, and a Quicktake
camera.
California Coastal Commission
Science text series and teacher
activity books were donated by the
California Coastal Commission for use
by our College of Education elementary
and secondary student teachers. Many of
the science materials can be used for
student populations enrolled in
kindergarden to 6th grades. Subject
areas include: global warming, animal
study, earth science, urban science,
outdoor education and many other
topics.
Harcourt-Brace The 1997 Reading
Series, "Signatures" for grades K to
6th was donated by Harcourt and Brace,
Publishers. The series is a phonic
based program incorporating children's
literature. Other components to this
series includes trade book libraries,
skills assessment, holistic reading
assessment, integrated performance
assessment, and portfolio assessment
teacher's guide.